modern warfare

I don't know why, but this video by YouTuber projectrooster makes me die laughing. It might have something to do with the song just being perfect for the little chicken dance.
DO THE CHICKEN DANCE!
[Thanks, Scott!]

This developer diary for Modern Warfare 3 discusses the changes that have been made to the progression system. Leveling now extends to individual weapons, and going a step further, players can further customize their firearm...

Just like with Battlefield 3, the Modern Warfare 3 launch trailer has arrived. While many of you are going to argue over which game is better, I'm just going to sit back and smile. Why? Because I'm going to be playing the he...

The latest look at Call of Duty: Elite's service breaks down how Compete works. Basically, Beachhead wants to give you stuff for playing Modern Warfare 3, more or less. Everyone who uses the service can enter in contests to ...

Brosephs and homeladies -- We have survived the week, and come before you with another episode of the hallowed Destructoid Show.
Since today is a Friday, we had a contest. The prize this week was a copy of High Flyer Death D...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is teaming up with Mountain Dew and Doritos to fill you full of carbs and XP. YUMMY! DewXP, as it's called, will see Mountain Dew and Doritos product directly exchanged for experience points in ...

Is it true things always come in three's? Well in this case, no. But Sony appears to be going for a theme of three with their Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Uncharted 3 DualShock 3 controllers. A couple days ago Sony show...

Find Makarov was a fan-made film that surfaced earlier in the year and was a re-telling of events that happened in the Modern Warfare universe. Activision came away particularly impressed and decided to contact the creators ...

This weekend was huge for Call of Duty. Activision's first ever Call of Duty XP housed a hefty showing of the upcoming shooter's multiplayer as well as singleplayer, the Elite service, original content, and, of cou...

Call of Duty: XP had Modern Warfare 3, paintball events, a freaking Burger Town, sumo wrestling, ziplining and a "jeep experience." Out of all the activities, I did not expect the jeep experience to be the best thing out of ...

One of the attractions at Call of Duty: XP was the Armory, a room full of guns that have appeared in past Call of Duty games. Everything from pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles and even the new space laser gun from the Rezu...

The first Call of Duty: XP came to a close the other night and overall I think the event was a good first attempt by Activision. There were definitely some problems, but it was a fun environment despite some hiccups. Nick Ch...

Good evening, Destuctikids! As it's a Friday, we shot today's Destructoid Show in front of a LIVE internet audience. In case you missed it, here it is.
Today, in addition to giving away some Assassin's Creed Revelations...

One of the new reveals at Call of Duty: XP is the new "Kill Confirmed" mode. This game type plays out like a regular team deathmatch except now when a player is killed, they drop dog tags. Players then need to collect the dog...

Sep 02 //
Hamza CTZ AzizFirst, here's the list of all the rewards you get for the three Strike Packages: Assault:
UAV
Care Package
I.M.S.
Predator Missile
Sentry Gun
Precision Airstrike
Attack Helicopter
Strafe Run
little Bird Guard
Reaper
Assault Drone
AC130
Pave Low
Juggernaut
Osprey Gunner
Support:
UAV
Counter-UAV
Ballistic Vests
Airdrop Trap
Sam Turret
Recon Drone
Advanced UAV
Remote Turret
Stealth Bomber
EMP
Juggernaut Recon
Escort Airdrop
Specialist:
Recon pro
Sleight of Hand Pro
Blind Eye Pro
Scavenger Pro
Quickdraw Pro
Blast Shield Pro
Hardline Pro
Assassin Pro
Marksman Pro
Stalker Pro
Sitrep Pro
Steady Aim Pro
Dead Silence
(Note: One perk missing from this list.)
So as you can see, Assault is pretty traditional. Note the lack of a Nuke option. One thing Infinity Ward gathered from the fan feedback is that stuff like the Nuke is game breaking. So that's where all the balancing comes in. No nuke, no shotty as a secondary weapon anymore, no Commando perk, no Last Stand (except in a Death Streak) and so on. Then there's support, where you're obviously meant to help your teammates more than anything else. You have more of an incentive to help your team now anyway as you get points for assisting your teammates, getting objectives, and more. You're getting rewarded for helping your team and best of all, your streak doesn't reset after getting killed with the Support Strike Package. Now here's where you're about to go "holy shit!" (I know I did.) The Specialist Strike Package is EVERY perk (and at Pro status) you can get. So on top of the three perks you go into a match with, you can slowly gain more perks with each kill (sort of like Sharpshooter from Black Ops.) Once you die, the perk streak resets and you have to gain everything again. Imagine how much of a BEAST you can be if you master this! Of course, there is a drawback as you can't call in any air support or the like. Again, balance. On paper, it sounds like Specialist can be, well, completely unbalanced. I'll be putting this to the test today at Call of Duty XP. But again, Call of Duty's Robert Bowling claims that this is the "most balanced multiplayer experience [Infinity Ward] have ever done." The balance is applied to everything from weapons, classes, map layout, perks and killstreaks. So what do you think? Change is scary, I know. But I think it's a good change.

To be honest, I wasn't expecting much of a change in Modern Warfare 3 from Modern Warfare 2 going into Call of Duty XP. Needless to say, Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games blew my mind after all the bombshell changes going ...

This list for all the weapons and perks in Modern Warfare 3 is comprised of everything I saw last night at Call of Duty XP. There's always the chance that these items can be removed -- or new ones introduced -- before the gam...

My hands-on time with Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer was way too short for me to form a deep preview at this time, but I thought you all should know for now that IT'S REALLY FREAKING GOOD. Visually, the graphics are just so s...

Activison and Gunnar have teamed up to create a limited edition pair of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 gaming glasses. It's Gunnar's gaming lenses, which are supposed to reduce glare and relieve eye fatigue, set in slick, bru...

We teamed up with Activision to give out four tickets to Call of Duty: XP. This two day event takes place in Los Angeles and is set to provide some really awesome times. There's going to be tournaments, paintball events in re...

Up until a year ago, we were used to talking with either Infinity Ward or Treyarch about the Call of Duty franchise, but ever since the Modern Warfare 2 kerfuffle, there have been a lot of changes over at Activision.
At game...

With all the shenanigans behind Battlefield 3's non-appearance on Steam, it's worth remembering that there is a big-name, modern military shooter available for your enjoyment on Steam later this year. Call of Duty: Modern War...

Modern Warfare 2 gained huge amounts of wrath when it was revealed that Infinity Ward planned to drop dedicated server support. With Modern Warfare 3, the studio is hoping to gain some goodwill with the announcement that dedi...

Folks in the UK can get their hands-on experience with the highly-anticipated Modern Warfare 3 by attending this year's GAMEfest in September. GAMEfest marketing director Anna-Marie Mason feels that the early interaction with...

Aug 10 //
Hamza CTZ AzizTo enter, just leave a comment below telling us whatever you love about the Call of Duty series. It can be anything, from your favorite game, weapon, perk, killstreak -- anything so long as it's related to the Call of Duty series. There's no limit to entry but you must space out your comments so that at least five others have entered before leaving a comment again.
Not only will you win the tickets, but you'll also be given a voucher for the Hardened Edition of Modern Warfare 3. Yup, you'll be getting the game for free! Plus you can participate in awesome activities like Juggernaut Sumo and riding the giant zip-line across the compound.
You have until August 11 at @11:59PM and you must be over 18 years old to enter as this is a 18+ event. This contest is just for the tickets so you will need to provide your own travel and accommodations. Good luck!

Call of Duty: XP is taking place in Los Angeles, California from September 2-3 where fans will get to live and breathe all things Call of Duty. Fans will get to play Modern Warfare 3, compete in a variety of tournaments ...

Infinity Ward has released a pretty detailed look at what Spec Ops mode is all about in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. You're basically fighting waves of enemies that get progressively harder the longer you last. So it's li...

During an investor call yesterday, Activision Blizzard added confirmation to recent rumours that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will be making an appearance on the Wii this fall. This should be a pleasant surprise for the sev...

These days, you can't have anything happen in New York without it being compared to the September 11 attacks, even though it was a decade ago and people really should calm down so as not to justify the very reason why it was ...

Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling has teased the Hardened Edition of Modern Warfare 3 via Twitter. More (see: actual) details are apparently coming in September during the Call of Duty XP event.
So, what's in t...

Today was the day tickets for Activision's Call of Duty XP fan event were supposed to go on sale. Yep, they're indeed on sale now for $150 per ticket. Not exactly an impulse decision, but one-hundred percent of these proceeds...

As stated in a blog post by Sledgehammer Games VP and COO Michael Condrey, Modern Warfare 3 will offer a Color Blind Assist mode for those impacted by color vision deficiency.
For a series played this competitively, you defin...